Attorney I - County Attorney

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**Job Description Summary**

Department - County Attorney

**Job Description**

• THIS RECRUITMENT IS TO ESTABLISH A REGISTERfor current and future
  
  

ATTORNEY I - UNCLASSIFIED vacancies which serves all levels/assignments

of Attorney in the Criminal and Civil Divisions of the Pima County

Attorney\'s Office.**\

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• A RESUME AND WRITING SAMPLE ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH A
  
  

COMPLETED APPLICATION. Applications will be considered incomplete

without a resume and writing sample.**\

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**A COVER LETTER IS REQUESTED TO BE SUBMITTED WITH APPLICATION.**

**Job Type: Unclassified**

**Job Type: Classified: 3001 - Attorney I**

• Salary Grade: A2\
  
  

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Pay Range**\

**Pay Range:** **\$78,500 - \$149,150 Annually**

Range Explanation

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The
  
  

actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors,

Including Your Skills, Qualifications, Experience, Education,

licenses, training, and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.
  
  

Coordinates and conducts professional legal work in units within the

Office of the Pima County Attorney. Incumbents perform entry-level

and/or intermediate-level legal work in the area assigned for either

criminal or civil cases. Attorneys at this level prepare, defend

prosecute, and resolve entry-level to advanced-level licensed

professional legal work. Attorneys at this level receive close

supervision from higher-level attorney personnel in the performance of

their duties. More experienced attorneys in this classification work

more independently under the general supervision of higher-level

attorney personnel.

• This classification is appointed, unclassified, and exempt from the
  
  

Pima County Merit System Rules.*

• For more information about the Pima County Attorney\'s Office, please
  
  

visit their website

at:[http://www.pcao.pima.gov/](http://www.pcao.pima.gov/){target="_blank"

rel="noopener noreferrer"}***

• Essential Functions**:
  
  

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As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this

classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge,

skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is

not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by

incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the

departments need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent

by the supervisor.

• Prosecutes or defends a variety of criminal or civil cases in
  
  

Justice Court, Juvenile Court, Superior Court, Federal Court, and

Appellate Courts which may include misdemeanor, felony, dependency,

delinquency, mental health, guardianship, conservatorship, probate

administration, contract, tort, environmental, real estate, tax

issues, child support, or appellate cases;

• Represents County departments, boards and commissions in civil
  
  

litigation and administrative matters;

• Engages in negotiations for compromise and settlement of cases and
  
  

complies with Victims Rights;

• Engages in pretrial, trial, post-trial and appellate practice as
  
  

required by cases;

• Prepares litigation, deposes witnesses, provides witness
  
  

notification, and conducts bench and jury trials;

• Researches legal questions;
• Researches and drafts legal motions, pleadings, briefs and other
  
  

legal documents;

• Reviews, evaluates, and participates in investigations;
• Complies with all rules regulating professional responsibility;
• Upholds the values and goals of the assigned Department and County.
• Minimum Qualifications**:
  
  

**Juris Doctorate.**

• Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the
  
  

\"Education\" and \"Work Exper ience\" sections of the application. Do

not substitute a resume for your application or write \"see resume\" on

your application.**

Selection Process

• Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to
  
  

the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum

qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation

of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum

Qualifications May Be Further Evaluated/scored Against Any Advertised

Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select

the successful candid**